tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post7818685635633642057..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: Republicans Have a Flux Correction ProblemDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-71140239570110314982015-01-09T09:26:32.625-08:002015-01-09T09:26:32.625-08:00So, in terms of dynamic scoring the federal debt a...So, in terms of dynamic scoring the federal debt as a share of GDP cannot continue to rise.<br /><br />I would suggest this is hardly a problem for the Repubs. Isn't reduction of the federal debt, for all the wrong reasons, clearly at the wrong time, their current obsession? They have no problem here, only ample justification to drive us over the cliff.<br /><br />To me the irony is the economic analysis that is very concerned about unsustainable "federal debt trajectories" but, at its very base, assumes, and demands, always increasing GDP itself.<br /><br />The hierarchies of NON-sustainability are reversed in importance.<br /><br />Infinity for me but not for thee.<br /><br />John PumaJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12479974040070719985noreply@blogger.com